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PUBLIC LAW 170-JULY 31, 1953
whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any States which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classijfication and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees. Grants to States, next succeeding fiscal year: For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title III of the Social Security Act, as amended, and under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, for the first quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title and under such Act of June 6, 1933, to be charged to the appropriation therefor for that fiscal year. Unemployment compensation for veterans: For payments to unemployed veterans as authorized by title IV of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, $38,500,000. Salaries and expenses, Mexican farm labor program: For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the functions of the Department of Labor under the Act of July 12, 1951 (Public Law 78), including temporary employment of persons without regard to the civil service laws, $1,250,000.
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Stat. 626. u s e 501-503. Stat. 113. u s e 49-49n.
66 Stat. 684. 38 USC 991-999.
65 Stat. 119. 7 USC 1461-1468.
BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION
Salaries and expenses: For necessary administrative expenses and not to exceed $87,000 for the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, $2,000,000, together with not to exceed $90,000 to be derived from the War Claims Fund created by section 13(a) of the W a r Claims Act of 62 Stat. 124 7. 1948 (50 U.S.C. 2012). 50 USC a p p, Employees' compensation fund: For the payment of compensation 2o"i2 and other benefits and expenses (except administrative expenses) authorized by law and accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year, including payments to other Federal agencies for medical and hospital services pursuant to agreement approved by the Bureau of Employees' Compensation; continuation of payment of benefits as provided for under the head "Civilian W a r Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the advancement of costs 60 Stat. 696. for enforcement of recoveries in third-party cases; the furnishing of medical and hospital services and supplies, treatment, and funeral and burial expenses, including transportation and other expenses incidental to such services, treatment, and burial, for such enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps as were certified by the Director of such Corps as receiving hospital services and treatment at Oovernment expense on June 30, 1943, and who are not otherwise entitled thereto as civilian employees of the United States, and the limitations and authority of the Act of September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 796), shall apply in providing such services, treatment, and expenses 39 Stat. 742. in such cases; such amount as may be required during the current fiscal year: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for payments pursuant to sections 4(c) and 5 (f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 2012) and shall be credited with advances or 50 U S C reimbursements therefor from the W a r Claims Fund created by section 2003, 2004. 13 (a) of said W a r Claims Act of 1948.
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